Letter: Church and state

I am in complete agreement with the letter from Denise Gallagher Rockford which appeared on the Editorial Opinion page of the Daily News on Nov. 12.

I also am a product of 16 years of Catholic education. The Catholic Church inserting itself into sectarian politics appears to be unique to the Diocese of Venice under Bishop Frank Dewane. I have found no such insertion into politics when I return each summer to my diocese in upstate New York.

Last March, while my wife and I were attending Mass at St. Leo Church in Bonita Springs, the priest went into an angry blast against Obamacare. He referred to our president as "this Obama" who "should be immediately fired" by the people. Many people got up and walked out of the church.

The priest certainly had the right to his opinion, but he should not be voicing that opinion from the pulpit.

The Catholic hierarchy in the Diocese of Venice and in other dioceses in the country should spend less time worrying about decisions that women make about their health care and more time on controlling their priests, many of whom have sexually abused little boys not only in this country but in many countries throughout the world, including the country of birth of our current pope who was a very influential cardinal in Germany when many of these transgressions occurred.